dobby985 said:
darthdevidem01 said:
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marc said:
jarrod said:
Er, after FFX was also when the series started to deviate and experiment? Doesn't that actually go against your claim that JRPG decline is due to stagnation? |
I am not really sure what you mean by "experiment." Even FFXIII remains true, for the most part, to older FF games albeit it shamefully copied star wars in many ways but that doesnt really bother me granted I couldnt stomach to finish the game. X and X2 both had settings that were very similar to VII and VIII. IX was a throwback game. So far, nothing new aside from graphics. The stories always play out the same way too. A drama about a bunch of tweeny people that were in the right place at the right time who somehow become stronger than anyone around and fall in a meritless and completely unbelievable romance before saving the world from a weakling boss. The premise is fine for the most part but the writing in most jrpg's is so bad and cheesy that it become unbearable.
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and the storyline's in WRPG's are any better???? appart from Bioware products, most WRPG's either have weak stories or none at all(which is why fallout 3 and oblivion are such an abomination). At least JRPG's attempt giving u a good story some are epic some arent but at least i no there trying.
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Agreed
Oblivions & Fallout 3's story was such a joke
Bioware on the other hand....PROPS to them for having a gripping story throughout a long game
its so hard to make a GOOD story for a 50 hour game
Its much easier to make a good one for a 10 hour game on the other hand
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How so?
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too much god damn side questing for one. Sure its always good to allow the player to explore his surroundings, but the way it was done here was just a complete mess it felt liek i was playing an MMO which in this case is not a good thing b/c its a single player game. The lack of direction in the game was just terrible as well u spend more hours on side questing then u do on the main story and some quests have u go all the way across the map instead of within the same area ur in. If u played Mass effect and KOTOR ull see that u can do ur side quests while ur progressing through the main quests which is a lot more convient IMO.
its for this reason that i approach WRPG's with extreme caution espically those that arent made by Bioware
